DEFINITELY A HOT TOPIC AMONGST TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALIKE. WE HAVE THIS NEW AT 6:00. TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY RIDES INTO TOWN ON TESLA, TRYING TO TAKE CALIFORNIA JOBS UP FOR GRABS. WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY? I THINK WHAT WOULD MAKE IT EVEN PRETTIER IS IF IT HAD A "MADE IN TEXAS" BUMPER STICKER. PERRY THUMBING HIS NOSE AT GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN AS HE GOES AFTER CALIFORNIA CARMAKER TESLA AND ALMOST 7000 JOBS. MIKE LUERY JOINS US NOW TO SHOW US WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKE. YOU CAN CALL IT THE TESLA THROW DOWN OR THE TESLA TO STEP, AS THE TEXAS GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN FOR THE RIGHTS TO LAND A 5 BILLION DOLLAR BATTERY FACTORY FOR TESLA MOTORS AND THE PROMISE OF 6500 JOBS. RICK PERRY DROVE THIS BRAND-NEW TESLA INTO THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL TODAY WITH TEXAS BRAVADO AND SWAGGER. WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY? I THINK WHAT WOULD MAKE IT EVEN PRETTIER IS IF IT HAD A "MADE IN TEXAS" BUMPER STICKER. HE HAS HIS EYES ON TESLA, THE BAY AREA ELECTRIC CARMAKER LOOKING TO BUILD A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BATTERY FACTORY WITH THE LURE OF 6500 JOBS. CALIFORNIA IS IN A FIERCE BATTLE WITH TEXAS TO LAND TESLA. COMPETITION IS A GOOD THING. DO YOU LIKE TAKING CALIFORNIA JOBS TO TEXAS? I WOULDN'T USE THAT WORD, BUT IT IS GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY. THEN HE TOOK A DIG AT CALIFORNIA. THERE IS A REAL CAUSE AND EFFECT. OVER TAXATION, OVER LITIGATION. CALIFORNIA IS FIGHTING BACK, OFFERING TAX INCENTIVES OF ITS OWN TO LURE TESLA. SENATE PRESIDENT DARRELL STEINBERG, THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE BILL, HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT RICK PERRY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE. AS THEY SAY, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF POLITICIANS, SHOW HORSES AND WORKHORSES. I THINK THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS IS A BIG-TIME SHOW HORSE. WE ARE WORKING AT IT, AND GOVERNOR BROWN IS WORKING AT IT. REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO JOINING THE FAT. SENATOR TED GAINES IS D -- IS TEAMING UP WITH DARRELL STEINBERG TO ATTRACT TESLA. EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT CAN BE SPED UP. CALIFORNIA IS BACK IN THE GAME AS THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY. A TAX PROGRAM THAT GOVERNOR BROWN HAS PUT INTO PLACE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. HE HAS TALKED ABOUT A NEW INCENTIVE PROGRAM. THE GOVERNOR DECLINED TO COMMENT DIRECTLY ON THE MATTER. HIS PRESS F -- PRESS OFFICE HAD A LINE CALLING IT A CHEAP PUBLICITY STUNT.